Sunflowers and Cuspidors
When Alfred Chester Beatty opened his office and formed Selection Trust at London Wall Buildings in 1919, each director was permitted an...
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geoffreysambrook
Dec 20, 2016
What do you want for Christmas?
I’ve spent the last few weeks out of touch with the world in a yacht race. An entertaining time, and I can confirm that the Atlantic...
Anthony Lipmann
Dec 14, 2016
Goodbye Baltic – Another London Exchange Goes East
‘Selling England by the Pound’ was the title of the 1973 Genesis album, two years after decimalization. Bearing in mind the sale of our...
Fred Piechoczek
Dec 7, 2016
LEADER OF THE FREE (TRADE) WORLD
Open to the World Is Britain about to become the leader of the world in free trade? Some think so, some have said so. Where does this...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 30, 2016
Hedge Sales – Who and Why?
Does forward hedging make sense for miners? Many years ago, I wrote my MBA thesis on that subject. There’s probably still a copy of it...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 23, 2016
China Diary
Our Chinese Business Manager Perhaps it’s because of our company’s size – but, despite our good business in China, our Chinese business...
Anthony Lipmann
Nov 16, 2016
Japan Diary
A Polite Society Travelling from the land of the cold toilet seat to the land of the hot one, it is not only the toilet seats that are...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 9, 2016
The LME Dinner 2016 – and God Bless America?
The social and commercial whirl of the LME Dinner Week is now over for another year; were there any overall themes or expectations to the...
geoffreysambrook
Nov 2, 2016
LME Dinner – the Past and Present
Keats greeted autumn with a paean to the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”; the non-ferrous metal community greets it with the...
geoffreysambrook
Oct 26, 2016
Right or Wrong? Legal or Illegal?
Navinder Singh Sarao lost his attempt to resist extradition from the UK to the USA in mid-October. He was the man trading from the...
geoffreysambrook
Oct 19, 2016
Blowin' in the Wind
How do you like your politicians? Do you prefer them to treat you as an intelligent adult and put together a rational case for their...
Fred Piechoczek
Oct 12, 2016
On the Debt of Nations
Where did it all start? Where does it all end? As the European economies flag, with southern Europe drowning in debt and threatening the...
geoffreysambrook
Oct 5, 2016
Resource Nationalism – or Green Logic?
In these fevered brexit days, the subject of trade is never far from the politicians’ and commentators’ lips. Will there be a deal? Won’t...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 28, 2016
What If – Alternative Pasts and Futures
“What if…” That little phrase opens a window on an almost limitless vista of alternative universes. We can model in seconds the effects...
Fred Piechoczek
Sep 21, 2016
The Euro – Life of Death
This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. History and economics are not sciences, working as both disciplines do from social and...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 14, 2016
Dropping Volumes Spell Changing Times
The volume figures just released by the LME make pretty grim reading, if you’re looking for market growth. The tally overall showed a...
geoffreysambrook
Sep 6, 2016
Dickens, Schrödinger and Binary Options
A couple of weeks ago I came across the following imagined conversation on Twitter, which really made me smile: “Dickens: It was the best...
Anthony Lipmann
Aug 31, 2016
Mining is Dangerous (best to remember it when you complain about price or reductions to production)
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Have we become so far removed from mining that...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 24, 2016
Why Does the Battle of Bosworth Matter?
This week began with the 22nd August; it may not be widely recognised, but it’s actually a fairly significant date in British – or...
geoffreysambrook
Aug 17, 2016
Copper, Renewables and New Cars
A couple of months ago, I bought a new car. Heeding the current environmental thinking, I decided that it was time to call a halt to the...
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